Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113), like his uncle Pliny the Elder (c. 23-79), was a man of well-rounded scholarly interests, including natural history. The...
Yes, according to medieval chronicles, Emperor Justinian II of Constantinople (r. 685-695, 705-711) sentenced the wife of a rebel to marry her household cook....
Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...
Any person who enjoys learning about the history and religion of ancient and medieval Northern European countries is heavily indebted to a curious Icelandic...
War and conquest is expensive work. William the Conqueror, after leading the Norman subjugation of England in 1066, quickly put into effect laws and...
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"The hate-culture continues, fostered by printing-press and broadcast — the very instruments, in fact, which philosophers might have hoped would liberate mankind from...
The Persians, themselves, were not generally known for being expert craftsmen or monument-makers—buying finished goods or contracting skilled tradesmen from different conquered regions in...
King Harald Hardrada (c. 1015-1066)
"Now I go creeping from forest
To forest with little honour;
Who knows, my name may yet become
Renowned far and wide in...
